[Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

5 posts ยท Jul 30 1998 to Aug 4 1998

From: kx.henderson@q... (Kelvin)

Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:44:35 +1000 (EST)

Subject: [Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

> Or Australia for that matter :)

<Snip a song that shaped my childhood>

> Yes it is probably very sad that I can remember this.

Hey Beth, there's nothing sad about that at all! I loved the Wombles (and
still do). They were a great show for kids and its a darned shame that its not
on TV anymore.

"Underground, overground, Wombling free......"

Ah, such childhood memories.....

From: Jonathan white <jw4@b...>

Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 08:46:29 +0100

Subject: Re: [Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

> On 30 Jul 98, at 10:44, Kelvin Henderson wrote:
Why am I getting involved in this:)

> >Or Australia for that matter :)
I think she might be flattered to be described as a 'girl'. She's not a spring
chec

> >And as for the song...
It was the best selling single in the UK at one point. mad.

> >Yes it is probably very sad that I can remember this.
Um, up until recently it was back on - sort of a 'Wombles : The Next
Generation' but with a few of the old ones too. They've broken the scheme of
them all being named after Islands for the new ones though. Bummer. Didn't
seem the same somehow.

                                TTFN
                                        Jon

From: db-ft@w... (David Brewer)

Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 23:24:24 GMT

Subject: Re: [Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

In message <B0000228587@rincewind.sar.bolton.ac.uk> "Jonathan White" writes:
> On 30 Jul 98, at 10:44, Kelvin Henderson wrote:

Mad? It's an excellent song. Mike Batt a is pop god. Much better than the
Smurfs (Jonathan King).

> > >Yes it is probably very sad that I can remember this.

Islands? Orinoco is a river, Wellington a city, Bulgaria is a country. The
Tour de Farce passed through Cholet a few days ago.

What are the new young Wombles called?

From: Jonathan white <jw4@b...>

Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:45:49 +0100

Subject: Re: [Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

> On 30 Jul 98, at 23:24, David Brewer wrote:
Sorry, bit of urban folklore that got ionto my head that they were all named
after islands.

> What are the new young Wombles called?
One was called Alderney (see?), can't remember the others - only saw it
once. The web page posted yesterday has a full list.

                        TTFN
                                Jon

From: Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@t...>

Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 23:04:18 +0000

Subject: Re: [Very OT] Re: Re Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we!

> At 10:44 30/07/98 +1000, you wrote:
SNIP
> Yes it is probably very sad that I can remember this.
SNIP
> -Kelvin....

apparently the Wombles are returning...

And for UK persons of a certain age, how about "Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew..."

Rob